Before I knew it, we’re already at the 3rd Q&A... Let’s get started right away! (The side story results are at the end, so I hope you enjoy reading until then!)
Q1. The author’s top 1–10 favorite original-canon characters
My favorite character ranking is—
1. Testarossa
2. Shizue
3. Guy
4. Rimuru
5. (tie) Carrera, Ultima
6. Diablo
7. Milim
8. Dino
9. (tie) Rain, Misery
10. (tie) Chronoa, Luminous, Hinata, Sylvia, Ermesia, Ciel (Raphael), Shion(?)
That’s how it looks!
There are probably way too many heroines crammed into the last spot for a top ten to mean much at that point (...), but I just couldn’t leave the heroines out...
Q2. Adelio’s 100% pure personal ranking of heroine appearances (assuming Ria never finds out, and he answers honestly)
"...This really won’t get back to her, right? Well... first place isn’t changing, at least."
1. Testarossa (Reason: apparently beautiful looks are also part of the secret to devoted love...)
2. Luminous (Reason: seems he likes the queenly type~)
3. Sylvia, Ermesia (Reason: the two of them look almost identical)
4. Shizue (Reason: the elegant type he longed for in his previous life)
5. Rimuru (Reason: resembles Shizue, and officially ranked number one in looks)
6. Carrera (Reason: gap moe)
7. Ultima (Reason: cuteness)
8. Rain (Reason: pretty in a way that doesn’t match her behavior)
9. Misery (Reason: refined style)
10. Chronoa (Reason: pure and graceful style)
11. Hinata (Reason: proud, cold cat-like type?)
Q3. What does each heroine think of Adelio?
Ria (Testarossa): The partner more important to her than anything else in this world.
Carrera: The only demon worthy of standing by her side.
Ultima: The only one who can fill what she lacks.
Rain: A junior who can be mischievous sometimes, but who treats her more kindly than anyone else.
Misery: A man she finds herself drawn to for no clear reason, the one who brought a new wind into her emotionless days.
Luminous: The first man with whom she shared her secret, and the first man she ever wanted to possess.
Sylvia: A partner for remarriage, and a mysterious man who filled the lonely emptiness in her life.
Ermesia: A precious fiancé who can soothe her boredom as an equal.
Shizue: A savior like a parent, who raised and guided her since childhood.
Hinata: A teacher she loves and respects, the one who freed her from a life like hell.
Chronoa: A bond she would want to walk beside, even if it meant repeating regression tens of thousands of times.
Rimuru: The first person she met from her homeland, and the one who can understand everything about her.
Q4. How much do the heroines like Adelio, and how much does Adelio like each heroine? (Out of 100)
Ria -> Adelio (101 points)
Adelio -> Ria (101 points)
Carrera -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Carrera (85 points)
Ultima -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Ultima (85 points)
Rain -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Rain (100 points, though it drops sometimes)
Misery -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Misery (100 points)
Luminous -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Luminous (90 points)
Sylvia -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Sylvia (90 points)
Ermesia -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Ermesia (90 points)
Shizue -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Shizue (95 points)
Hinata -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Hinata (90 points)
Chronoa -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Chronoa (90 points)
Rimuru -> Adelio (100 points)
Adelio -> Rimuru (90 points)
At the current point in the story, every heroine is at the stage where she would absolutely accept if Adelio proposed. And as for Adelio, aside from the more dangerous tendencies of a few heroines like Carrera and Ultima, he sees all of them as more than just friends, so everyone’s score is high!
Q5. If you ranked Adelio’s combat power at the current point, would he make the top 10?
This I can say with certainty: he is barely, exactly in 10th place!
He can fight on roughly equal footing to some extent with the absolute monsters ranked above him, but...
He is still clearly below Guy, Rudra (Michael), Milim, Velzard, Zelanus, Feldway, Ivarage, Chronoa, and Dagruel.
(I excluded Veldanava, Lucia, Twilight, Velgrynd, Mad King, Veldora, Ramiris, Diablo, Zegion, and Rimuru here, since either their prime has not yet come or is no longer applicable!)
His combat power definitely falls within the [Catastrophe] tier, so for now, you can think of him as being around the same level as Zarario and Fenn!
Q6. Adelio’s age at death in his previous life, and his name.
Right before he died, he was 19 years old in Korean age.
As for his name, that will be revealed later once ■■■ is uncovered!
Q7. Adelio’s current age and height.
Adelio is currently 400+@ years old, so roughly around 450 to 480, and his height is about 185 cm (with a margin of error of 2 cm)!
Q8. A detailed explanation of Adelio’s martial arts and Arts.
Adelio’s martial style mainly centers on the bastard sword techniques he learned from Guy and Dwargo swordsmanship. Added to that are the subtle principles of swordsmanship he learned from Chronoa and the defensive White Ice sword he learned from Ria, making his basic style a hybrid sword art.
Sometimes, because [the body of a saint] is so exceptional, he also fights with hand-to-hand martial arts, but when he goes all out, he tends to focus solely on swordsmanship!
And as for his Arts—
Black Heaven, Nether's End: A horizontal slash and his first secret technique, primarily using the magic power unique to demons.
White Lotus Flame Thunder: A single-target finishing move that primarily uses the [Hero's Egg].
Sword Emperor Manifestation: A swift thrust-type technique that uses the backlash created when mixing magic power and the [Hero's Egg].
Red Demon Ice Path: A freezing-type wide-area attack copied from the Ultimate Skill of Velzard that Guy had imitated.
Divine Break ([Divine Heavenly Sword Supremacy]): Still incomplete, but his ultimate supreme technique that draws the [Hero's Egg] out to its absolute limit.
That would be the short version!
And now, finally...
These are the side story poll results!
The results were honestly pretty surprising, so I’ll skip the long preamble and go straight to them...!
1) Adelio becomes Rudra’s true reincarnation - 6 votes
2) About Adelio becoming the servant of Carrera or Ultima - 6 votes
3) A tournament arc for the second generation of the Ruber family - 2 votes
4) Adelio becomes Shizue’s youngest disciple - 1 vote
5) Veldora’s (self-proclaimed) teaching of the second generation - 1 vote
I seriously didn’t expect this, but options 1 and 2 ended up tied...!
For option 1, well, of course Velgrynd is very popular, and if Adelio becomes a reincarnation vessel, then Velgrynd becomes a heroine, so I figured it would naturally be popular... but I honestly didn’t expect so many people to want the Carrera and Ultima routes too...
Especially the fact that the Ultima route was even more popular than the Carrera route—that one I really didn’t see coming ("Waaah~ So over here, I’m number one??")
...Anyway,
A shared first place was unexpected, but since I promised I’d write the winning option as a side story, I’ll be bringing you both option 1 and option 2!!
In particular, for option 2, I’m planning to do the Ultima route. If enough people also want to see the Carrera route, I’m thinking of writing that too, so I’d appreciate it if you leave your thoughts in the comments!
And with that,
Thank you once again to all the readers who participated in the side story poll and the Q&A, and I’ll wrap things up here!
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